Intrinsic motivations and open-ended development in animals, humans, and robots

• Main Author: Tom Stafford (auth)
• Other Authors: Marco Mirolli (auth), Richard Michael Ryan (auth), Gianluca Baldassarre (auth), Andrew Barto (auth), Peter Redgrave (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; computational models; intrinsic motivations; autonomous robotics; novelty and surprise; review; cumulative learning and development; brain and behavior; reinforcement learning
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The aim of this Research Topic for Frontiers in Psychology under the section of Cognitive Science and Frontiers in Neurorobotics is to present state-of-the-art research, whether theoretical, empirical, or computational investigations, on open-ended development driven by intrinsic motivations. The to...